Industry chatter is the Senators have signaled a willingness to get a Brassard deal done by the start of the weekend and then turn all of their focus on trying to finalize a seismic deal surrounding Erik Karlsson, which will be difficult with the strings attached being Bobby Ryan.

A lot of talk in the past 48 hours the Senators have wanted to do a deal with the Jets for Brassard, but the Jets were one of the 8 teams initially on Brassard no trade list, though, it’s possible he still could decide to waive there, a reason the Senators have stayed engaged in trade discussions with the Jets.

The market has been very strong for Brassard with Aaron Portzline of the Athletic reporting as many as seven teams in the mix, mentioning the usual suspects, Pittsburgh, Columbus, St. Louis and Winnipeg.

Another team in the conversation for Brassard has been Vegas, per a source.

With the Penguins weighing options to open up cap space by moving a roster player for draft picks, Pittsburgh’s heavy pursuit of Brassard has also led to inquiries on Riley
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